Day: September 5, 2018

Image copyright EPA Image caption Brett Kavanaugh insists judicial independence is key to the constitutional system US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has declined to say whether he thinks sitting presidents can be made to comply with a legal subpoena. The court order forces a witness to appear to give testimony. In a second…

Image copyright Getty Images/NYT In a remarkable anonymous essay in the New York Times, a “senior official in the Trump administration” writes that he/she is one of many within the executive branch who is “working diligently from within” to undermine portions of the president’s agenda and frustrate “his worst inclinations”. The opinion piece comes a…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump: ‘Woodward book a work of fiction’US President Donald Trump has denied assertions by prominent journalist Bob Woodward in his new book that he ordered the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Mr Trump said the idea was “never even discussed” with defence officials. Defence Secretary James…

Image copyright Getty Images Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has told US lawmakers the company’s algorithms have not always been “impartial”. He said the platform “unfairly” reduced the visibility of 600,000 accounts, including some members of Congress. But he was unable to immediately say whether a majority of them were Republican, Democratic or otherwise. Mr…

Image copyright David Swanson/ Philadelphia Inquirer Image caption Mr Bobbitt (bottom left) lived with the couple, but is now back on the streets More than $400,000 (£307,000) that was raised for a homeless man with the help of two strangers is gone, his lawyers have told the BBC. The story of Johnny Bobbitt led to…

Image copyright SINEAD MCNAMARA/INSTAGRAM Image caption Conflicting reports about the 20-year-old’s death had been circulating since last week There were no signs of foul play in the death of an Australian Instagrammer working on a yacht in Greece, coroners have told Australian media. It is believed Sinead McNamara, 20, took her own life. She was…

Image copyright Largo Police Department Image caption Ms Stinson allegedly struck the toddler unconscious and left him to die A US mother has been arrested for murdering her two-year-old son after his body was discovered more than two days after he was reported missing. Jordan Belliveau’s body was found in woodland in Largo, Florida. His…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Gwyneth Paltrow has been accused of using pseudoscience to sell products on her lifestyle website Goop The lifestyle website founded by actress Gwyneth Paltrow has agreed to pay $145,000 (£112,000) for making unscientific claims about vaginal eggs. The settlement also applies to a “flower essence”, which Goop said could…